The New York Assembly approved Tuesday a bill that bans transgender discrimination.
The chamber approved the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which would ban discrimination based on gender identity and expression in the areas of housing, employment, credit and public accommodations, for the third time.
“Transgender New Yorkers shouldn't have to live in fear that they lack basic protections and could lose their job or be denied a lease on an apartment or service in a restaurant just because of who they are,” Joe Tarver, interim executive director of Empire State Pride Agenda, the state's largest gay advocacy group, said in a statement. “In passing this bill, the Assembly continues to demonstrate its leadership on civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) New Yorkers.”